India, Nov. 21 -- A Gurugram police constable was mowed down by a speeding 18-wheel truck in a bid to avoid vehicle inspection at Gwal Pahadi post on the Gurugram-Faridabad road on Thursday, police said. They added that the truck driver, identified as Shakti Lal, 24, who hailed from Rajasthan's Sikar, was arrested 18 hours after the incident.

The deceased was identified as 32-year-old Ajay Singh from Rewari. He had joined the Haryana Police in 2019, and was stationed at the Gwal Pahadi post. Singh had got married just seven months ago, and was the family's only provider.

The truck, which was carrying gravel, also rammed a loaded pickup van parked on the roadside-tossing it several feet in the air-and the barricades, whose mangled metal ...